ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2021
Performance of Four IgM Antibody Assays in the Diagnosis of Measles Virus Primary Infection and Cases with a Serological Profile Indicating Reinfection.
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- Treponemal and Lipoidal Immunoglobulin M Tests in the Diagnosis and Management of Syphilis Among Nonpregnant Adults: A Systematic Review.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of commercially available serological tests for the detection of measles and rubella viruses: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2024Pooled it
- Seroprevalence against measles, Austria, stratified by birth years 1922 to 2024.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025Article
- The Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Measles—Special Aspects Relating to Low Incidence.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2024Review
- MUW researcher of the month.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2021Article
- Effectiveness and Safety of an Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Preparation in Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Against Measles in Infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
The object of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of four commercially available IgM tests in the diagnosis of measles virus (MeV) primary infection and cases with a serological profile indicating reinfection. Sera from 187 patients with MeV primary infection, 30 patients with suspected reinfection (after vaccine failure), and 153 patients with rash-like symptoms after exclusion of MeV infection were retested with four IgM tests. MeV infection was verified by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), and primary and suspected reinfections were differentiated by IgG avidity and neutralization assays. All IgM assays displayed significant agreement (Cohen's κ, ≥0.604; all
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